Catawban languages

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Pre-contact distribution of the Catawban languages
Pre-contact distribution of the Catawban languages

The Catawban (also Eastern Siouan) languages form a small language family in east North America. The Catawban family is a sub-family of the larger Siouan-Catawban family.

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[edit] Family division

The Catawban family consists of 2 languages:

  1. Catawba (†)
  2. Woccon (†)

All Catawban languages are now extinct. Gordon (2005) reports that the last native speaker of Catawba died before 1960, although Red Thunder Cloud, apparently an impostor, claimed to speak the language until he died in 1996.[1] An effort is now being made to revive the Catawba language.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Identity of Red Thunder Cloud, by Ives Goddard

[edit] Bibliography

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
  • Parks, Douglas R.; & Rankin, Robert L. (2001). The Siouan languages. In R. J. DeMallie (Ed.), Handbook of North American Indians: Plains (Vol. 13, Part 1, pp. 94-114). W. C. Sturtevant (Gen. Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-050400-7.
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